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Intermec Fingerprint 6.13 – Programmer's Guide
12. FONTS
1. Bitmap Fonts
Height of the character cell
Print directions and fontname
extensions.
Fonts in Intermec Fingerprint come in bitmap format and are
derived from scalable outline fonts in Speedo or TrueType format.
Usually, each font comes in two versions, one has the extension “.1”
and is used for printing across the paper web (DIR 1 & 3), and
another with the extension “.2” for printing along the paper web
(DIR 2 & 4). Fonts can be used both for printing plain text and bar
code interpretations in human readable characters (barfonts).
Note that there is no default font. Before a text or bar code inter-
pretation can be printed, a font must be specified using a FONT or
BARFONT statement. An exception is such bar codes where the
interpretation is an integrated part of the code, e.g. EAN and UPC.
If no extension is included in the name of the font or barfont, the
firmware will automatically select the version that fits the current
print direction.
The Intermec Fingerprint EPROMs fitted in the first pair of sockets
on the CPU board always contain the fonts "SW030RSN.1" and
"SW030RSN.2.". The other EPROMs may contain additional
fonts.
The Intermec Fingerprint font designation system is made up by 10
characters providing information on the characteristics of the font:
VVnnnXYZ.d, where....
VV is a two-character abbreviation of the font name, e.g. SW for
Swiss, MS for Monospaced, or PS for Prestige.
nnn is the height of the font matrix cell in dots incl. ascenders and
descenders.
X is the style: R = Regular (Roman)
I=Italic
B=Bold
O= Bold Italic
Y is the letter spacing: S = Proportionally spaced.
M = Monospaced
Z is the character width: N = Normal
C=
Compressed
E=
Extended
. is a separating period character between name and extension.
d is the extension, which specifies in which print directions the
font can be used: 1 = DIR 1 & DIR 3
2 = DIR 2 & DIR 4
Example:
SW030RSN.1 means “Swiss, 030 dots high, Regular, Proportio-
nally spaced, Normal width, Direction 1 & 3”.
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